About the Rice Marketing Case Competition

For over three years, the Rice Marketing Case Competition has helped to bridge the gap between academia and the business world. By giving students the opportunity to leverage their business skills towards solving real-world marketing problems, the competition serves as a way to foster innovative and actionable marketing strategies.

Because of the competition’s value to the learning and development of MBA students, schools across the nation have competed in the event.

MBA Programs that have competed in the past:

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Pennsylvania State University

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University of Texas-Dallas

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Southern Methodist University

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Texas Christian University

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Texas Southern University

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University of Houston

Team Eligibility Requirements:

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A team must consist of 4 or 5 students currently enrolled in an accredited MBA program in the United States.

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The team members must be from the same MBA program.

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Team members can be enrolled in either full-time, professional, or part-time MBA programs.

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Teams can be made up of all first-year students, all second-year students, or a mix of first-year and second-year students.

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Schools are initially limited to registering two teams from each MBA program because of capacity constraints. Given unpredictable demand and capacity constraints, we will do our best to confirm your acceptance to the competition as soon as possible after your registration. Registration will be approved on a first come, first serve basis. If a school is interested in registering multiple teams, please contact Christian Hinkie (cmh9@rice.edu) for additional guidance.

Overview of Jones School of Business

Upholding the prestigious academic traditions of Rice University, the Jones School offers the Full Time MBA, MBA for Executives, and MBA for Professionals degrees. Our students come to Houston from all over the world for the unique opportunities and resources that only we provide, such as the El Paso Corporation Finance Center, the Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Business Information Center, and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. Notably, sixty-one percent of our Full Time MBA Class of 2011 is from outside of Houston.

Our MBA programs have been recognized in the U.S.A. and internationally for leadership and innovation by Business Week, U.S. News and World Report, the Financial Times, the Economist, and Entrepreneur magazine. Most recent notables:

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The MBA program placed No. 1 in Texas and in the Southwest as the best global MBA for Latin American students.